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How to exploit a space advantage: Tigran Petrosian vs Bobby Fischer - 1959 WC Candidates

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â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºFollow me at Google+ : http://www.google.com/+kingscrusher â–ºFREE online chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at ht... (Show Full Description)
â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºFollow me at Google+ : http://www.google.com/+kingscrusher â–ºFREE online chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher [Event "Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates"] [Site "Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG"] [Date "1959.09.21"] [Round "9"] [White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"] [Black "Robert James Fischer"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E40"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "1959.09.07"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. c5 Be7 8. b4 Ne4 (8... a5 9. Bb2 axb4 10. axb4 Rxa1 11. Qxa1) 9. Bb2 (9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 f5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Qb3 Qc8) 9... Nd7 10. Bd3 f5 (10... Nxc3 11. Bxc3 c6 12. Qc2 h6 13. O-O) 11. Ne2 Bf6 12. O-O (12. Nf4 Qe8) 12... Qe7 13. Ne5 (13. Qc2 e5 14. dxe5 (14. c6 bxc6 15. Qxc6) 14... Nxe5) 13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bg5 15. Bd4 Bh6 16. f3 Ng5 17. c6 b6 (17... bxc6 18. Bc5 Qd8 19. Nd4) (17... Re8 18. Qc2) 18. b5 a6 19. a4 axb5 (19... a5 20. Bb2 Rd8 21. Ba3 Qe8 22. Bc2 Kh8 23. Qe1 Nf7 24. f4 g5 25. Nd4 Bf8 26. Bxf8 Qxf8 27. Rd1 Qg8 28. Qg3) 20. axb5 Rxa1 (20... Rb8 21. Qa4 Qd8 22. Qa7 Bd7) 21. Qxa1 Nf7 22. Qc3 (22. Qa7 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Qc5 24. Bd4 (24. Nd4 Bxe3+ 25. Kh1 Bxd4 26. Qxc7 Bxe5 27. Qxe5) 24... Bxe3+) 22... Qh4 23. Ra1 ( 23. Qb4 Bxe3+) 23... Ng5 24. Qe1 (24. Ra7 Ne4 25. fxe4 fxe4 26. Bc2 (26. Ng3 exd3 27. Rxc7) 26... Qf2+ 27. Kh1 Qf1+ 28. Ng1 Rf2) 24... Qh5 25. Ra7 Qg6 26. Kh1 Qh5 27. f4 (27. Rxc7 Nxf3 28. Qg3 Nxd4 29. exd4 g6 30. Ng1) 27... Ne4 ( 27... Nf3 28. gxf3 Qxf3+ 29. Kg1) 28. Rxc7 g5 29. Bxb6 Kh8 30. Bxe4 fxe4 31. Bc5 Rg8 (31... Re8 32. Be7 Kg8 33. fxg5 Bxg5 34. Bf6 Bxe3 35. Qg3+ (35. Rg7+ Kf8 36. Qb4+)) 1-0 â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq Fischer vs Petrosian Petrosian By uploader Koperczak (talk) 08:49, 3 April 2009 (UTC), photographer unknown (scanned from "Szukam raju" Iskry, Warsaw 1975) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Fischer By Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-76052-0335,_Schacholympiade,_Tal_(UdSSR)_gegen_Fischer_(USA).jpg: Kohls, Ulrich derivative work: Karpouzi [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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